When the pandemic hit the U.S. in 2020, Andrea Van Soest, principal designer at Vantage Design Studio in Murrieta, CA, needed to provide again to front-line employees in a tangible and significant method.
Having seen the pressure New York Metropolis confronted from the start of the pandemic, she determined to host a contest on her Instagram web page to supply a bed room makeover to a medical skilled working in an New York Metropolis hospital. Many nominations poured in however one specifically stood out.
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Emergency room nurse Valerie Merrill at Mount Sinai Hospital, was nominated by a coworker who detailed the tireless work she carried out all through the early days of the pandemic, working 45 days straight with no day without work.
Moreover, Valerie’s husband, Mark Merrill, is a New York Metropolis firefighter and the 2 have a daughter who can be a nurse.
The objective of the makeover was to offer the couple with a chilled area the place they may recharge after significantly lengthy days at work on the entrance strains. Their bed room hadn’t been up to date in over 20 years, so Van Soest set about working with Valerie to plan out the kind of furnishings, colour palette and supplies that might greatest swimsuit their bed room.
“The couple’s fashion will be described as conventional with a touch of contemporary,” Van Soest described in a press launch. “They love grays, blues and different impartial, calming colours. We made positive to create the area to be a calming retreat for Valerie and her husband after a tough day’s work.”
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As a Wayfair Skilled member, Van Soest incessantly makes use of Wayfair’s business-to-business service and merchandise for her inside design work. She reached out to the model to donate the vast majority of furnishings and decor for the couple’s area, which is now unrecognizable after its makeover.
“Valerie’s favourite piece was the dresser with the wood-framed backside and wood handles,” says Vantage Design Studio Principal Designer Andrea Van Soest. “She had by no means seen something prefer it earlier than…it had the trendy fashion they had been going for however didn’t take away from the normal components.”
From portray the partitions to refinishing the hardwood flooring beforehand hidden below carpet, the Merrill’s bed room underwent a whole transformation. New furnishings, decor, rugs, lamps, art work and extra had been layered in from Wayfair Skilled.
“Once we did the large reveal, Valerie and her children Facetimed her husband, and there have been so many comfortable feelings,” says Van Soest. “Valerie is such a robust and difficult lady. She began crying when she noticed the reveal and completely beloved the area.”
As we enter the vacation season, we wish to encourage you to proceed to share your feel-good tales with us, whether or not it’s giving again to a person or whole neighborhood at want. Share info and pictures with us by emailing affiliate editor Adrian Thompson at adrian.thompson@interiorsandsources.com.
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